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September 30, 2001 - Saturday Night Live's Jimmy Fallon opened Weekend Update last night by joking, "U.S. Officials continue the search for Osama bin Laden. Reports suggest that bin Laden is most likely hiding out somewhere remote and barren, where he will not encounter others. The FBI has begun searching theaters showing the movie 'Glitter.'"

September 30, 2001 - News of the World's Rav Singh reports following Virgin Records' has seen its share price plummet and will reportedly be announcing soon they'll be dropping 10 acts from their roster, which includes Mariah Carey, Atomic Kitten, Janet Jackson and the Spice Girls.

September 30, 2001 - Popmatters.com's Cynthia Fuchs has a huge profile of Mariah Carey and her recent troubles to her performance at the America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon.  Fuchs writes, "I am struck by her obvious fragility and stubborn resilience, her rawness and her weirdness. As irrelevant as she's always seemed to me, she has been very relevant to everyone who has bought her records and posters and keychains. Their relationship to her is theirs, and they are generous to share it with each other and the rest of us." Read her full analysis here.

September 29, 2001 - Jay Leno joked about Mariah Carey's movie Glitter yet again Friday saying, "Movie theaters showing the movie 'Glitter' have announced that out of every $8 admission, $3 will go towards acting lessons for Mariah Carey. Isn't that something?"

September 29, 2001 - Oscar winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno talking about his role in the telethon last Friday and when Jay asked if he invested in Mariah Carey's movie Glitter, Cuba responded, "I had 25 cents in it. And I want 24 back!" Read more.

September 29, 2001 -  Splashnews.com photo search site has photos of the stripper that Mariah Carey reportedly danced with and tipped $250 at a club called Snooky's. There also is a photo of the tattoo on her leg that the stripper got after Mariah had signed her leg. Check out photos of the buxom dancer here.

September 29, 2001 - Mariah Carey will be chatting on MSN Tuesday, October 9, at 8pm ET/5pm PT. For more information, click here.

September 28, 2001 - 102.9 JAMZ FM in Norfolk, Virginia talked to Rick James about working with Mariah Carey where he encouraged the troubled singer saying, "Don't worry Mariah. Let the movie...the movie will do what it's going to do. You just get better, baby." Read more.

September 28, 2001 - Village Voice gossip writer Michael Musto gave his thoughts on Mariah Carey's movie Glitter and like just about everyone, blasted the film. Said Musto, "It's a tawdry compendium of every showbiz cliché ever imagined—every two seconds, some character emerges to say, 'God, you're talented!' - that drew derisive guffaws at the press screening last week." He does think the movie is amusing, though in an inadvertent manner.

September 28, 2001 - Splashnews.com photo search site has photos of the stripper that Mariah Carey reportedly danced with and tipped $250 at a club called Snooky's. There also is a photo of the tattoo on her leg that the stripper got after Mariah had signed her leg. Check out photos of the buxom dancer here.

September 27, 2001 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports Tyra Banks and her mother went to see the new Mariah Carey movie last Friday, where the supermodel was spotted laughing at a scene in the movie where Mariah's face glitters. Read more.

September 27, 2001 - Heartening news out of The Globe this week as, according to an insider, "Mariah told a pal, 'I'm moving in the right direction. Every day is better.' Mariah is a beatiful and talented singer and she's battling back." Apparently Mariah ran into trouble a second time because, as the insider revealed, "She went back to work too soon because she was desperate to prove she was still bankable."

September 27, 2001 - The America: Tribute to Heroes telethon raised a staggering $150 million for those affected by the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11. The concert was broadcast on 35 US networks and in 200 countries around the globe, with a total audience that exceeded 100 million who watched Mariah Carey and others perform.

September 26, 2001 - The MTV Europe Music Awards have been announced where Mariah Carey and  Jennifer Lopez will battle for Best Female Artist. The show that will be held November 8 in Frankfurt, Germany. Read more.

September 26, 2001 - The New York Daily News' David Hinkley talked about how the problems of Mariah Carey seem insignificant after the tragedy on September 11. Hinkley says, "When 'Glitter' opened this weekend, hardly anyone even noticed that it was a bigger flop than Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign." Read more.

September 26, 2001 - Mariah Carey and the others who performed on the America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon last Friday will be featured in a CD that will be out in a matter of weeks, according to the New York Daily News' Mitchell Fink. While a price for the album hasn't been set, both the artists and the record companies manufacturing and distribution have waived any of their fees and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the September 11th Telethon Fund. Insiders predict the album will clear 10-15 million copies.

September 25, 2001 - Launch.com talked to Ludacris about his opportunity to work with Mariah Carey on her debut single from the Glitter album. On working with Carey, he admits, "It was good, you know, breaking bread with Mariah Carey also, and drinking Cristal in the studio with her and all that. I was having a lot of fun. She's a real down-to-earth person. I really hope to work with her again." 

September 25, 2001 - Mariah left a message following her telethon appearance on Friday saying, "Hey Lambs, I'm just calling to say thank you so much to everybody that contributed in the um telethon yesterday cuz I know we did really really well umm with that so thank you so much and I also wanna say thank you to the fans that came out for the little screening we had for "Glitter" the other night., that was a lot of fun aaaannnnddd I snuck into the movie last night to check it out with some freinds and that was fun. So ummm, thank you much I'm gonna be calling in soon & um I'll talk to you again buh bye." Listen to it here.

September 25, 2001 - Well despite her miserable performances on screen and on album in terms of sales figures, interest in Mariah Carey remains high. In August, Goto.com had a whopping 190,050 searches for 'Mariah Carey', this not even counting various misspellings. Also, 'Mariah Carey nude' wasn't the #2 term unlike many of her competition, instead at #3. Read on for all the various search terms.

September 24, 2001 - Mariah Carey's 'Glitter' performed miserably in a weak movie weekend as estimates for the film show it only drawing $2.5 million, which wasn't enough even to make the top 10. 'Hardball' was the top film for the week but only drew $8.2 million in sales.

September 23, 2001 - Jay Leno joked on his opening monologue on Thursday, "Well as you all know, Mariahs new movie is out tomorrow. *Applauds from crowd* Isn't it funny? the movie is being released even before she is."

September 23, 2001 - More photos from the screening of Glitter, this time larger ones from Yahoo for Mariah Carey's appearance on Thursday in Los Angeles. Check them out here.

September 22, 2001 - Sonicnet (MTV) talked to Mariah Carey before she entered the screening of her movie to a well receptive Power 106 contest winning audience. Mariah revealed her thoughts on her own recovery and the nations saying, "My fans have gotten me through all my personal little issues, and I want to give them back, even if it's just for tonight, a few minutes of peace. Definitely every American is grieving in their own way, so I'm just happy to be here." Read the whole story here. 

September 22, 2001 - The Los Angeles Daily News' David Kronke blasted Glitter giving the movie 1 star saying sarcastically, "Sit through "Glitter" and you too may feel like checking yourself into a hospital for 'exhaustion.'" Read more.

September 22, 2001 - Apparently the message has been up awhile but problems with displaying it have kept people from knowing it was there. Mariah tells her fans, "Hey Lambs, So erm, because today is the day of mourning we went and stood on, me and my friends and my friend Louise is here with me, and we went on one side of the road and lit some candles and stood there and made some new friends and met some people. Yeah, we're just trying to talk about the incidents that are going on and things that had been happening over the past weekend and understand a little better and trying to be with people as we move on, ya know and trying to recover from this situation so I want to tell you that I love you as always and I enjoy you very much and erm thank you for being here for me! Bye!" Download the audio for the message here.

September 22, 2001 - The Boston Herald is profiled the troubles of Mariah Carey and today's release of Glitter. Syndicated radio therapist Dr. Joy Browne said in their article, "She's gone through a lot. Making a movie that reportedly isn't fabulous, a tumultuous personal life, a record that's doing badly and issues with weight and being in the public eye.'' Read more.

September 22, 2001 - More horrific reviews of Mariah Carey's Glitter are coming in as Detroit Free Press movie critic Terry Lawson gives the film only 1 star as he claims, "While 'Glitter,' designed to launch singer Mariah Carey's movie career, is blatantly modeled on "A Star Is Born," it may send Carey's already falling star plummeting into the ground." Read his full review here.

September 22, 2001 - Jack Mathews of The Daily News is ripping into Mariah Carey's movie out today, Glitter, calling her performance, "astonishingly bad, awkward beyond anything one could imagine from a singer with as much experience before live audiences and music-video cameras." For more on his gruesome report, click here.

September 21, 2001 - Mariah Carey's first week album sales of Glitter were a major disappointment even factoring in the terrorist attacks that occured on the 9-11 release date. Glitter managed only 116,000 sales in its initial week, with Jay-Z clearing 427,000 in the same period with his new album, The Blueprint. 

September 21, 2001 - According to Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman, Mariah Carey will perform Hero at the all network telethon on Friday. Friedman also has new information on the same song which prompted a lawsuit by Chris Selletti. As well, Friedman slices up Mariah's new movie saying of the diva, "Indeed, Mariah is not much of an actress, even with all the coaching. Her face seems immutable, as if it were full of paralyzing forces that prevent her from showing emotion." Read Friedman's full report here.

September 21, 2001 - Mariah Carey hit the screening of Glitter in Westwood, California last night sporting a blank top with the American flag across the front. Check out the photos here.

September 20, 2001 - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talked to Eric Benet ahead of the release of Glitter this weekend where he revealed Mariah Carey gave no signs of her impending breakdown. Read more.

September 20, 2001 - Entertainment Tonight reported Wednesday that Mariah Carey has been added to the still incomplete list of people to perform in AMERICA: A Tribute to Heroes on Friday from 9-11PM, a telethon to raise funds and raise the spirits of all who have been touched by the horrific tragedy that has struck America. There are also reports that Enrique Iglesias is on the bill but nothing confirmed yet. Read more.

September 19, 2001 - According to the New York Daily News' Mitchell Fink, Mariah Carey was released the same morning the terrorist attacks occured in the United States. Read more.

September 19, 2001 - The Village Voice's Michael Musto reports he talked to famed photographer/director David LaChapelle about Mariah Carey where the 'Loverboy' director said of the troubled diva, "She really needs a rest. She needs to sleep and eat. I've gone crazy myself and had to be put away! Sometimes the best place to get a rest is a hospital."

September 19, 2001 - According to Entertainment Tonight, Mariah Carey is likely to attend the premiere of her new movie Glitter in Los Angeles on Friday. Mariah has been staying in LA after being released from the UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric ward.

September 18, 2001 - The Enquirer is revealing shocking details behind Mariah Carey's pysch ward admittance at UCLA. Mariah was headed on an airplane to the east coast when a series of bizarre acts by Mariah have her family terrified and has her friends suggesting "She needs long term hospitalization, maybe as long as a year." Read more.

September 18, 2001 - Early sales results in from HitsDailyDouble.com indicate that Mariah Carey's debut week for Glitter will be a mega-disappointment as she currently is showing 77,529 album sales with 65% of the figures in. The figure puts her at #7 in the countdown with Jay-Z trouncing everyone in a weak, tragedy filled week with 299,853 units sold. NSYNC looks much weaker with only 42,832 sales to this point, putting them at #19. 

September 16, 2001 - The Mirror reports Mariah Carey's appearance earlier this week outside of the UCLA medical center's psych unit was just a trip to go buy french fries. A friend told the Mirror, "Doctors say she is suffering from a manic-depressive disorder."

September 15, 2001 - Photos of Mariah Carey outside of the UCLA Medical Institute emerged on the web today. Mariah is shown wearing a pink top and blue jeans entering a SUV. Check them out here.

September 13, 2001 - The Los Angeles Daily News talked to a music insider about Mariah's repeat breakdown so close to the release of Mariah's movie and album and says many in the entertainment business are upset and rather unsympathetic with her. Read more.

September 12, 2001 - The New York Post's Mitchell Fink is reporting that Mariah Carey will possibly be released from the UCLA Medical Center today, which would coincide with today's release of Glitter. 

September 12, 2001 - The Boston Herald's Sarah Rodman chimes in on the Mariah Carey release of Glitter giving it a respectable 3 out of 4 stars. Rodman main problems with the album were the hip hop guest stars who litter several tracks which she called "mostly distracting." For her full review, click here. 

September 11, 2001 - The New York Post is reporting Arista's L.A. Reid, who was ready to sign Mariah Carey to a huge contract but after she insisted on total artistic control, he walked away from the deal.

September 8, 2001 - Worldpop is reporting that lawyers for Mariah Carey forced her into treatment by getting a court order sending her to the UCLA Medical Center.

September 7, 2001 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports the delayed release for Glitter may cost Mariah as fans have been downloading it off the internet since it has been released already overseas.

September 7, 2001 - Salon.com's Amy Reiter reports Macy Gray is interested in fighting Mariah after seeing her video, "Who would I like to take on in a fight? Well, I saw the last Mariah Carey video, I'd like to punch her!"

September 7, 2001 -  John Bitzer, editor-director at the online music retailer CDNOW tells AP reaction for Mariah Carey's Glitter "was not favorable." Blitzer says, "I think her fan base will come to her rescue to some degree, but I don't think it's going to be one of her bigger records." Read more.

September 7, 2001 - Jamie Foxx opened his Video Music Award monologue with perhaps his worst material saying, "You see what's about to happen, don't you? It's about to go down. I just got out of rehab. So y'all better deal with me or I might go back. I'm telling you. I wasn't drinkin' or nothing like that, i was trying to-- console Mariah Carey. She needed me. Me and Mariah go back like babies at pacifiers."

September 6, 2001 - The Sun is reporting Mariah checked into a hospital in Los Angeles for additional psychiatric care. The Sun reports Barbara Walters is expected to fly to Los Angeles to do her recently postponed interview with the singer. 

September 6, 2001 - Additional details, or lack thereof, from Cindy from the New York Post as they report the rep saying, "She is resting in an undisclosed location." When pressed where that could be she said, "She could be in a hotel, on a boat, anywhere. She just needed some time to rest."

September 6, 2001 - Entertainment Tonight reports Mariah Carey's rep Cindy Berger told them "No comment" when asked if Carey has been re-admitted to the hospital.

September 5, 2001 - Mariah Carey cancelled her 20/20 appearance where she was to be interviewed by Barbara Walters citing a need for more rest. Walters responded to the news saying, "We were concerned to hear that Ms. Carey would be unable to do the interview at this time, and wish her well."

September 5, 2001 - The New York Post reports Jennifer Lopez was the reason Mariah was sent over the edge. Mariah had sampled Firecracker by Japan's Yellow Magic Orchestra when she recorded Loverboy six months ago but freaked after J. Lo released I'm Real with the same sample. Read more.

September 5, 2001 - Beyonce sent her best wishes to Mariah and lamented about the work stars must do nowadays saying, "So many people want so much from you that it's very hard to find time for yourself. It's really important to surround yourself with people who love you and tell you when to slow down because it's so easy to just want to work, work, work." Beyonce adds, "I'm very happy that Mariah's doing well."

September 5, 2001 - Hector The Rock Dog reviewed Mariah's upcoming album Glitter and says if the album wasn't a soundtrack, you'd call it unfocused, "Mariah Carey doesn't know if she wants to be Barbra Striesand or Missy Elliot. Her success was based initially on taking the Striesand path but somewhere along the journey off she trotted down Missy Elliot Highway." Read more.

September 3, 2001 - In an abstracts.net poll asking if you believe Mariah's problems run deeper than just suffering from exhaustion, 71.1% said yes, 20.2% said no, and 8.7% were unsure. There were 356 total votes cast.

September 2, 2001 - Mira Sorvino talked to US Weekly about Mariah Carey though first said, "I don't know if I want to talk about it." Sorvino was asked if she foresaw the troubles that were to come upon Mariah and she responded saying, "No, nothing as extreme as this."

September 2, 2001 - A blind item sounding like either Britney or Mariah, the New York Post asks,  "Which  persnickety pop queen isn't making any fans in her new East Village apartment building? Since moving into her swank co-op a few months ago, the bubbly diva has refused to even look at her neighbors or tip building staffers who did work on her pricey new digs."

September 1, 2001 - Mariah Carey is scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 14. Ashton Kustcher and musical guests P.O.D. are also on the lineup, so it looks like she'll just be interviewed for Glitter and no performance.

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